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Serial child abuser Brazil gets 5.5 years for sex assault while on suspended sentence

Date
2022-04-26

Stage
Sentence

Primary locality
Dublin City

County
Dublin

Summary

Kevin Brazil, aged 52, was sentenced by the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to five and a half years' imprisonment for sexual assault and related offences committed between January 2019 and August 2020. The court found that Brazil had driven a 13‑year‑old boy in his car, given the boy money, cigarettes and alcohol, and on occasions invited him to stay at his home. Brazil also pleaded guilty to communicating by technology with a child to facilitate sexual exploitation. The judge re‑activated two years of a previously suspended three‑year term and imposed a consecutive term of three and a half years, making the total term five and a half years. Brazil is currently serving a term that is due to expire on 24 November. The case was brought by the prosecution after Garda investigations revealed Brazil's extensive history of child sexual assault, including 33 prior convictions. The judge praised the Gardaí for their work in apprehending Brazil.

Who, what, where, when and why

What: Report matter: Serial child abuser Brazil gets 5.5 years for sex assault while on suspended sentence. Charges or matters: seven counts of sexual assault of a 12-year-boy in Dublin city on a number of occasions between April and June 2002; sexual assault at an unknown location in the State between January 1, 2019 and August 2, 2020; communicating by way of technology with a child for the purpose of facilitating the sexual exploitation of the child at an unknown location between January 2, 2019 and July 21, 2020. Procedural stage: sentence

When:

July 21, 2020 Incident
June 2002 Incident
August 2002 Incident
March 2000 Incident
July 2002 Incident
January 1, 2019 Incident
August 2, 2020 Incident
January 2, 2019 Incident
July 2020 Hearing Or Sentence
November 24 Other
2022-04-26 Publication

Why: While in this room the boy noticed a teddy bear with one red eye sitting on the dresser, which he put face down on the floor because it freaked him out. CNI source report

Case subjects

Kevin Brazil

Convicted Person

Charges: seven counts of sexual assault of a 12-year-boy in Dublin city on a number of occasions between April and June 2002; sexual assault at an unknown location in the State between January 1, 2019 and August 2, 2020; communicating by way of technology with a child for the purpose of facilitating the sexual exploitation of the child at an unknown location between January 2, 2019 and July 21, 2020 (Admitted)

Plea: Guilty

Outcome: Brazil of Wainsfort Manor Grove, Terenure, Dublin was subsequently sentenced in 2021 to two-and-a-half years imprisonment by Mr Justice Michael White in the Central Criminal Court after pleading guilty to the sexual assault of a 12 year old child on dates between May and August 2002 at a place in Dublin city. Brazil was sentenced in 2004 on 16 counts of sexual assault of another boy between March 2000 and July 2002.